When the woman who is bleeding for twelve years (Lk. 8:43-48) tries to sneak into the crowd just to touch the hem of Jesus’s clothe, what could she possibly have been feeling?
When she defies social distancing just so she can get near to the only possible source of her healing, what might be going on in her mind? When she squeezes herself into the middle of the crowd, just so she can see this one whom many have testified have healed them, where does her hope spring up from, that she could be actually be healed?
Remember that in her time, people like her practiced social distancing (and more) because they were considered unclean. Social distancing was the norm for sick, the poor and economically marginalized by society.
The novel COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented fear and immobility for millions of people in this world. If unattended, the disease can lead to death. The virus has affected so many people in different ways.
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